Real Name: Jennifer Lee Morrow
Was Born: February 5, 1962. Hollywood, California United States
Bio: Jennifer Jason Leigh is an American actress. Born Jennifer Lee Morrow, she is the daughter of actor Vic Morrow and screenwriter Barbara Turner, both of whom were Jewish, although Leigh was raised mostly without religion. Leigh changed her middle and last name, taking the middle name "Jason" in honor of family friend Jason Robards. Leigh took acting classes with Lee Strasberg before she began acting professionally as a teenager. In 1977, she had her first credited role in an episode of the TV show Baretta. Several TV moviesa”including a portrayal of an anorexic in The Best Little Girl in the World, for which Leigh lost weight to 86 lba”followed. In 1982, Leigh played a central character in director Amy Heckerling's Fast Times at Ridgemont High...